Demountable window shade bracket



' G. B. WINTER DEMOUNTABLE WINDOW SHADE BRACKET Oct. 28, 1941.

Filed Aug. 15, 1940 Patented Oct. 28, 1941 DEMOUNTABLE OFFICE i j WINDOW'YZSIHADE' attac er I Gustav B. Winter, Heinpstead, N2 Y Application August 15, 194p, s na rig. jssa z'ze '5 Claims. (o1. -24s '-,269

This invention relates to a demountable window shade bracket and particularly to a bracket adapted --to be demountably attached to the upper sash of a'window and whichmay be removed therefrom without removal of the supporting 'fastenings of the bracket for washing the window.

- More particularly, it is an aim of the invention to provide a bracket having wedge means for engaging the inner side of the lower sash of the window for limitingthe movement of the lower sash in a direction toward the bracket by'wedging the lower sash into binding engagement with the window frame to thereby prevent the bracket and window shade, from being damagedor dislodged by the lower sash being moved to afully raised position. 1 v J Still a further aim of the'invention is to provide a bracket having means for supporting a window shade roller so that the free end of the shade will extenddownwardly from the outerinstead of the-"inner side of thecrolle'r to thereby space the window shade outwardly from the lower, inner sash of the window.

' Still another aim'of the invention is to provide a window shade bracket having means for mounting either end of a window shade roller. Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent fromthe following description [of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention, and-wherein i Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view looking toward the inner side of a window and showing a window shade mounted on the upper sash of the window by means of apair of the brackets,

' Figure 2 is an edge view in' elevation of the upper portion of the window showing one of the brackets in side elevation,

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the bracket shown in an applied position,

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 4-4 of Figure 3,and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the'bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the difierent views, Ill designates generally a portion of a conventional window including a portion of the frame II in which is slidably mounted an upper sash I 2 and a lower sash l3. The numeral l4 designates a conventional window shade which is mounted on a conventional spring shade roller I invention;

i5 'ina conventional'm-anner. These parts-are shOWn'and'described' merely to illustrate the ap- 'p1icati on of the-window shade bracket, designated'f'generallyffli and which comprises the y :The bracket- 16f includes an elongated base portion il from [one edge of which projects a flange l8 which -is"-d-isposed substantially ata right angleto thefbase l1. The base I! extends beyond the lower end ofthe flange l8 and the extended. portion thereof is turned back at [9 to form thei portion '20. 'The lower end of the flange 18 is flaredoutwardly and then tapered downwardly to form the jflange portion 2|. The opposite edge of the base i1 is provided 'with a'correspondingflange portion 22 disposed in opposed, relationship 'tofthe flange portion 2|. Bortion 20 r'ests on, the outer edges of the pertions and Hand combines therewith to form a wedge, designated generally 23. The' base" llis'provided with a' keyhole slot 24 adjacent it"s' lo wer end and behind the turned backv portion Hand is also provided with a transverse slot 25 adjacent its upper end which extends toward and opens into a semi-circular recess 26 in'the "fiange 'lii. 7

Flange- -l 8 'is providedwith an extension at itsupper'ehd 'formingan arm 21 adjacent the outer 'eind of which'is provided a slot 28 and an apertureF29 SlotfZB is provided with a restricted upper pornpngao which opens outwardly of the upper "edge; or the arm 21 and with a downwardly" converging portion 'therebeneath which ms a; uld i 3'"- ---The' bracket i6 is adapted to be mounted on the" upperfsaslr I2 by means of a pair of headed screws sun ae,- the heads of which are spaced from the sasha distance slightly greater than theth iekness or the plate ll." The bracket I6 is applied bypassing the enlarged end of the keyhole slot fl over -theheadof the screw 32 and then movingjthe bracket upwardly so that the ;shankof 'th'e screw 32 will engage the lower restricted portion of the keyhole slot 24. The bracket I 6 is then swung to cause the opening 21 to receive the head ofthe screw 33 through whichopening the head passes by a swinging movement of the bracket I6 to cause the shank of the screw 33 to engage the slot 25 to thereby detachably' mount the bracket 16f on the screws 32"and 33' inthe' position, as best illustrated in Figure Bif The base portion l1 extends in: wardly' or toward the center of the sash l2,

, relativelyto the flange it], and it is to be understoo d that a"simi1arly constructed bracket [6 is mounted on the opposite or right hand side of the sash 12, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The last mentioned bracket I6 is reversed in respect to the positions of the base I! and flange I8, so that each of the brackets IE will have their base portions l1 extending toward the center of the sash l2. The shade roller 15 is then mounted on the two brackets [6 which the flat shank end of the shade roller engaging the slot 28 of one of the brackets and the round shank end of the roller engaging the aperture 29 of: the other bracket. The roller l' will prevent the brackets I6 from moving toward one another and Will therefore prevent the brackets from becoming disengaged from theirv fastenings: 32/

and 33 while the roller is attached thereto. The shade roller I5 is preferably reversed end for end from the normal manner in: which it.

is mounted so that the shade I4 will extend I tance' so that it will not engage the: lower sash l3.

However, by providing each of the brackets [6' with a slot 28 and aperture 29 the roller may be mounted as just previously described or in the conventional manner so thatthe shade will extend downwardly from the inner side of the roller. The shoulder 3| is adapted to engage above the flat shank end of the roller l5, notshown, to prevent said end fromv becoming accidentally disengaged from the bracket in. which it is mounted.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that. the bracket 16- may be readily mounted, as. just previously described, after which the roller carrying a shade 14- may be applied in the manner previously described and as shown in Figures 1 and 2. By thus mounting. the shade M on the upper sash said sash. may be lowered. tov permit ventilation through the top of the: window and the shade I4 drawn with the upper sash l2. in alowered position for shadingthe portion of. the window opening beneath the upper end of the upper sash. Should the lower sash be pushed upwardly too far its side, which is adjacentthe upper sash, will contact the wedge portions 23 which will force the lower sash 1-3 inwardly and into binding engagement with. the sash guides of the window frame H to prevent further upward movement of the sash l3 and. to prevent the brackets I 6, the shade and shade roller from being damaged or dislodged by the lower sash. The window shade and rollermay be readily removed in the conventional. manner after which the brackets l6 may be swung inwardly of one another to disengage. them from the fastenings 33 and then moved downwardly to disengage themfrom the fastenings 32 to detach the brackets l6 so that the window may be moved to any desired position for washing.-

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to as only a preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed.

I claim as my invention: Y

1.. A window shade bracket comprising a bracket having a base portion and a flange portion projecting outwardly from the upper part of the base portion, said flangeportion being disposed at the outer edge of the base portion, saidv base portion. being provided with a. keyholeslot, adjacent its lower end for engaging a headed fastening, said base portion being provided with a transverse slot in its upper. end said flange having a semicircular recess through which one end of said transverse slot extends to open outwardly of the outer edge of the base portion, for receiving a second headed fastening for detachably mounting said bracket, and said flange being provided with means for supporting one end of a Window shade roller.

2. A bracket as in claim 1, said window shade bracket being adapted to be mounted on a side rail. of the upper sash of a sliding sash window with the. entire base portion thereof resting flush thereagainst, and said bracket being provided with wedge means at its lower end for engaging the inner side of the lower sash of the window for wedging the lower sash against the sashframe for limiting the upward movement of the lower sash relatively to the upper sash.

3. A. window shade bracket having a relatively wide base portion provided with means for detachably engaging headed fastenings for detachably mounting the bracket on the upper sash of a window with the entire base portion flush thereagainst, wedge means formed integral with the lower end of the bracket and extending the width of the base portion, for engaging the inner side of the lower sash of the window for limiting the movement of the lower sash in a direction. toward the bracket, and brace members projecting outwardly from the base portion andengaging the inner side of the wedge means for rigidly supporting the Wedge means relatively to the base portion 4. A window shade bracket of the type which is adapted. to be mounted on the side rail of an upper window sash, comprising an elongated relatively wide base portion adapted to be disposed against the sash rail, said base portion having a keyhole slot adjacent its lower end adapted. for receiving the head of a fastening disposed in said rail, a flange projecting outwardly from the outer longitudinal edge of the base portion. and provided with an opening, said flange being. disposed adjacent the upper end of the base portion, a transverse slot, adjacent the upper end of thebase portion, opening outwardly through the opening in the flange and adapted for receiving a second headed fastening, when the first fastening is disposed at the lower end of thekeyhole slot, said first mentioned fastenng and keyhole slot forming a pivot by which the upper end of the bracket can be swung outwardly of the rail to engage the second fastening and. inwardly for disengagement therefrom.

5- A window shade bracket of the type which s adapted to be mounted on the side rail of an upper window sash, comprising a bracket havmg a portion for engaging and mounting an end of. a window shade roller, said bracket having a base portion adapted to be attached to a side rail of a windowsash, and a flange portion pro- Jecting outwardly from one longitudinal edge thereof, the lower end of said base portion being turned back upon itself to form a relatively wide wedge member, said wedge member being inclined downwardly and inwardly relatively to said rail, a portion of said flange portion being disposed. under a side edge of the wedge member to provide a support for said side edge, and the other edge of the base member being provided with an outwardly projecting flange portion disposed beneath and engaging the wedge member to provide a support for the opposite longitudinal edge of the wedge member.

GUSTAV B. WINTER. 

